Senior Clinical Fellow - Virtual Ward

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking NHS foundation as a key clinical contributor in managing patients on the Virtual Ward. This role emphasizes collaboration with diverse healthcare professionals, maintaining high clinical standards, and pioneering innovative service pathways. Supported by a dedicated team, you will play a vital role in shaping patient care while fostering integration within the wider health system. Engage in quality improvement initiatives, contribute to MDT discussions, and help drive the success of this evolving service. Ideal for a medical professional seeking to make a tangible impact within a supportive environment.

Benefits

Training opportunities for medical and nursing students

Collaborative healthcare environment

Qualifications

• Registered medical professional with clinical experience.
• Ability to navigate discussions with specialty leads regarding service pathways.
• Strong communication skills to foster relationships with various healthcare teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical input for patients on the Virtual Ward.
• Conduct a daily 2-hour long MDT for referral management and patient reviews.
• Ensure high clinical standards in managing all virtual ward in-patients.
• Engage in service development and quality improvement initiatives.
• Foster collaborative relationships within the healthcare community.

Skills

Clinical management

Team collaboration

Quality improvement

Education

Medical degree

Job description

This is an exciting role providing clinical input to the management of patients on the Virtual Ward (VW) and an opportunity to shape this innovative service as it continues to develop.

The North Middlesex VW has been operating since 2022 and currently has 32 Main Ward and 8 Remote Monitoring beds. VW is supported by a team of ACP Band 7 Nurses, therapists and a Doctor. There is anticipated expansion into a number of new pathways during 2024/25 and a plan to increase both capacity and occupancy.

Support will be provided by the Divisional Medical Director for North Mid in the Community.

Main duties of job

Clinical responsibilities for this post will include a daily 2 hour long MDT; referral management, post admission review, clinical advice and support to the team of Nurses and therapists. This role will be responsible for maintain high clinical standards in the management of all virtual ward in-patients and liaising with specialty teams to ensure timely specialist review.

Service development activities will include: discussions with specialty leads, development and review of proposed pathways and participation in quality improvement.

The role will also have a strategic component: fostering relationships within the North Middlesex acute hospital team, community teams, sector partners and primary care to encourage uptake and participation in development of the virtual ward agenda.

Clinical responsibilities for this post will include a daily 2 hour long MDT; referral management, post admission review, clinical advice and support to the team of Nurses and therapists. This role will be responsible for maintain high clinical standards in the management of all virtual ward in-patients and liaising with specialty teams to ensure timely specialist review.

Service development activities will include: discussions with specialty leads, development and review of proposed pathways and participation in quality improvement.

The role will also have a strategic component: fostering relationships within the North Middlesex acute hospital team, community teams, sector partners and primary care to encourage uptake and participation in development of the virtual ward agenda.

North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system – consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS’s, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.

We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George’s University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rachael May Job title: Divisional Director of Nursing Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07856235771